Developers are protesting that the source-code repository GitHub contracted with ICE. But if you restrict access to open-source code, is it still open?
What does the landmark Supreme Court ruling mean to a country always on the brink of losing it?
The tax agency, Justice Department and Congress have all taken aim at a much-abused deduction exploited by wealthy investors. Yet the crackdown is having minimal impact, costing the Treasury billions.
Ousted Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn decided to flee Japan after learning that his trial had been delayed until April 2021 and also because he had not been allowed to speak to his wife.
The TRACED Act is one that congress has looked into for months, but only made an act earlier this month.
For migrants who speak Mayan languages, a grassroots group of interpreters is often their only hope for receiving asylum.
The California Consumer Privacy Act gives Californians some control over their data, but only if they know how to take advantage of it.
Alarm is growing in the United States over the way people are aggressively removed from the voter rolls.
He Jiankui, the scientist who used CRISPR to create two gene-edited girls born in 2018, has been handed a three-year jail term by a court in Shenzen, China.
As the Treasury Department prepared to enact the 2017 Republican tax overhaul, corporate lobbyists swarmed — and won big.
Asylum seekers face competing miseries: violence at home, and a punitive detention system with a shard of hope for relief abroad.
When companies like Starbucks got rid of plastic straws, we started talking about who is responsible for the environment.
Incarcerated people who are dying can apply for "compassionate release" in some states — but very few of them get it. This is the story of one who did.
People are purchasing high-end vehicles and registering them in Montana? What is the benefit of doing that?
More than a third of Alaska communities have no local police of any kind. Criminals have been hired as cops in some remote villages. A federal emergency has been declared and millions of dollars are promised, but here's what else experts recommend.
On a woman who murdered her partner after years of abuse, and a new law on sentencing for crimes committed by victims of domestic violence.
I tried to have the Bordentown Township Police Department investigated for a culture of racism, negligence and corruption after my dad's death.
Misconduct complaints against officers in the NYPD's 34th precinct have risen for three years straight. What's happening?
A Texas appeals court ruled yesterday that the health-care law contains a constitutional flaw — and that most or all of the law may have to be scrapped.
GEDmatch's transformation from a popular genealogy site to a crime-fighting tool is almost complete.
There are still a variety of sometimes byzantine laws that govern how and when alcohol can be bought and sold that vary widely state to state.
From Portland to Plano, local governments are placing different limits on the use of biometric data. That's a good thing.
The case was brought by six people in Idaho who said a pair of local laws violated the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment.
Devin Nunes is suing Twitter, Hearst, McClatchy, CNN, Fusion GPS and Democratic activists. Critics wonder how the California Republican pays for the work in his defamation lawsuits. It may be a contingency fee.
As New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio expands tenant protections, a pair of US senators introduce the Eviction Crisis Act to help renters get legal help.
Several women accused Officer Nathan Nash of sexual misconduct, including a domestic violence victim who said he assaulted her on an official call to her house.
The law meant to protect children in such circumstances is routinely violated — with heartbreaking consequences.
Per a recent Supreme Court decision, four states require women to look at an ultrasound before getting abortion care — a tactic specifically meant to shame and upset them.
Lawyers for the Boston Marathon bomber will try to persuade a federal appeals court that the death sentence he faces is unfair because it was handed down by a tainted jury.
The auto industry icon will be fighting to stay out of prison—and to salvage his legacy.
Grocery store employees, fast-food workers, UberEats and Instacart contractors are all part of the food industry, which saw more union efforts for better salaries, benefits and safety in 2019.
Hundreds of speakers who packed a middle-school cafeteria on Monday night cited the state's history of welcoming immigrants from Scandinavia, its tradition of "North Dakota Nice," and the Christian faith shared by many in the room.
A spate of lawsuits against giants from Google and Twitter to Nike and Goldman Sachs reveals the growing frustrations of professional women.
A new report on 187 urban and rural cities found a marked increase in "anti-homeless" laws aimed at getting people off the streets.
Squeeze's lead singer, Mötley Crüe's manager and the CEO of one of the biggest independent publishers in the world weigh in on what might be in store for the superstar.
The creator of Scientific Content Analysis, or SCAN, says the tool can identify deception. Law enforcement has used his method for decades, even though there's no reliable science behind it. Even the CIA and FBI have bought in.
Musk will not be liable for damages
State laws about pinball, pigs and bumper stickers should be scrapped. Here's why many still aren't.
"Did you ever tell anyone that Musk should get his big checkbook out?"
The state's unusual decision exposes the insurance industry's miscalculation of the cost of climate change.
Many remote Alaska Native villages have no law enforcement at all. But state troopers can be found in wealthier, and mainly non-Native, suburbs. Why?
This animal liberation group actually wants to be put on trial. Their goal: force jurors to wear VR headsets and immerse them in the suffering of animals bound for slaughter.
A lawsuit says that a federal prison work camp employed no fewer than seven officers who took advantage of their access and authority to sexually abuse the women in their control.
Amazon's surveillance company has seeped into hundreds of American communities by throwing parties for police and giving them free devices.
A national privacy law is long overdue. But the intense focus on privacy has overshadowed cybersecurity.
We've stepped up to help organize our colleagues, to work together for a better, safer, fairer and more ethical workplace.
Should private citizens be able to sue companies like Facebook or Twitter for misusing their data? That's the question Republicans and Democrats have been debating for months.
New York State has moved to ban the procedure, making it the first state to introduce such legislation.
Genius.com is suing Google, alleging it knowingly copied song lyrics and used them in search results.
High-interest loan companies are using Utah's small claims courts to arrest borrowers and take their bail money.
Most people who have been sentenced to death in the US are no longer on death row, and they haven't been executed. Where did they go?
What would happen to you if you received a draft notice and didn't respond?
Marijuana legalization in Michigan is officially in full swing with recreational sales now underway.
From the proliferation of CBD stores and products, you'd think CBD is legal. It's not: the FDA sent a bunch of warning letters today to companies selling CBD products.
South Carolina's system for magistrate judges is unlike any state in the country, creating fertile ground for incompetence and corruption. Most aren't even lawyers.
Existing laws don't guarantee that whistleblowers will be protected when they expose wrongdoing.
The latest in a series of disputes between Google and its workforce.
A document obtained by Motherboard shows how DMVs sell people's names, addresses and other personal information to generate revenue.
A feud over local taxes turned into a referendum on government itself. But Election Day left residents as divided as ever.
At least 2.3 trillion mobile messages incorporate emoji annually. Naturally, some percentage of those communications would turn up in legal disputes.
